"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
On This Day (1898) - U.S. Annexes Hawaii
After overthrowing Queen Lili'uokalani in a bloodless coup, and against the will of native Hawaiians. Manifest Destiny, bitches!
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Hmmm ... this reads like a conspiracy. But those never exist!
Well, at least they "never exist" when they are perpetrated by those in power. Since 1909 a conspiracy between those in power is only a "conspiracy theory", something to be ridiculed, while a conspiracy against those in power remains a "conspiracy", something to be taken very seriously.